Comments on: The Invisibility of Climate Change http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/19/the-invisibility-of-climate-change/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:09:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: celebrating earth day while the earth goes to hell in a handbasket | get angry WITH me! http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/19/the-invisibility-of-climate-change/#comment-76559 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:12:49 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=10342#comment-76559 [...] change is, in some ways, invisible. thus leaving asshole politicians like the present house minority leader free to make statements [...]

]]> By: R Margolis http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/19/the-invisibility-of-climate-change/#comment-76289 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:47:18 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=10342#comment-76289 Historically, it is VERY difficult to transition energy sources. To switch to low carbon energy sources would be a cost felt directly by many where the costs (though real) from carbon would be perceived indirectly. It is often hard to make such a large transition without the large commensurate direct effects.

I think it would help if there were better coordination between the environmental groups. When regular folks hear environmentalists talk about the urgency of carbon on one hand, then oppose transmission lines to bring solar power from the desert or similar perceived inconsistencies, it leaves the general public confused.

]]> By: Paul http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/19/the-invisibility-of-climate-change/#comment-76285 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:23:57 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=10342#comment-76285 I agree with gooseberry but would also like to add that the solutions must focus on cutting down “emissions” not energy use. Furthermore, I think it requires a change in the way we operate and perceive society. Unfortunately social change of the magnitude required usually does not lend itself to a seamless transition.

]]> By: gooseberry http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/19/the-invisibility-of-climate-change/#comment-76277 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:39:53 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=10342#comment-76277 I have to say that the issue of CO2 being ‘invisible’ is a small part of the problem and not the main one.

Most transmissible diseases are invisible. A lot of stuff that people are ‘scared’ of are invisible.

The reluctance to accept AGW is down to the fact that there are no catastrophic events that are significant enough to change opinion or that can be specifically matched to AGW and nothing else. The other main factor is that people don’t like change, especially if they have to give up something they are addicted to.

The science is fine, the solutions are fine, the problem is politics, personality traits and human behaviour. The same old problems you get wherever humans live.

]]> By: The Invisibility of Climate Change « bemusing musings http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2009/04/19/the-invisibility-of-climate-change/#comment-76212 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:39:05 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/?p=10342#comment-76212 [...] on It’s Getting Hot In Here) Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)World Health Day: Raps & Under [...]

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